Landing the lead role in a movie on a “huge” budget was extremely difficult, but the pressure was a hundred times higher when the role was actually Trinh Cong Son. Since before the announcement of the project Trinh and me In March 2019, director Phan Gia Nhat Linh and the production team spent 2 years collecting and researching huge sources of documents provided by family and friends of the late artist. The director goes to places he once set foot, meeting and interviewing those closest to him to get the most vivid and meticulous image of Trinh Cong Son.
Sharing about the casting process, director Phan Gia Nhat Linh said: “We started searching from the end of 2019, searching the whole country, going to Hue to find actors who had never filmed a movie, they passed. many rounds of selection. There was a time when I got stuck and thought I couldn’t find the actor I wanted.
Avin Lu overcame many challenges to receive the role of Trinh Cong Son
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In the middle of that, Avin Lu sheepishly entered the casting room. It’s not his first time casting for a movie project, but the 9X actor is still confused about what impression he will make when he cast the role of a musician of deep Hue origin half a century ago. In front of director Phan Gia Nhat Linh, he was so nervous that he was shaking and his voice was hoarse. Later, he said that in the waiting room he met the stars to compete for what was matched. Only when Avin Lu took up the guitar to sing with his face suddenly glowing. It was the artist’s charisma that helped mark him, although he did not act much, but that nature captured the love of Phan Gia Nhat Linh.
Director Phan Gia Nhat Linh recalls, “I never really met Avin Lu before you walked into the casting room. It was a blessing for Avin Lu, because when I Googled Avin Lu’s name, I saw a young man… very Korean, and he definitely wouldn’t have chosen Avin Lu just because of those images. However, when he auditions for the role, Avin Lu is a different person, he has an innocent shyness, a bit of a romantic artist, there is something reminiscent of the actor Le Cong Tuan Anh, who played the role of Trinh. Cong Son in the movie Do you remember or have I forgotten”.
Avin Lu moved artist Trinh Vinh Trinh when he saw the image of his brother
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Originally as an actor, then invading the playing field as a singer, Avin Lu converged almost all the qualities that the director marked as: singing, singing, acting … Difficult acting still presents him with innumerable challenges. To understand the inner world of Trinh Cong Son, the singer moved to Da Lat to live alone for two months.
There, the 9X boy slowed down, experienced the feeling of loneliness, devoted himself to studying paper, practicing the piano, practicing singing, writing music, practicing the Hue voice, practicing letter writing, and signing the music signature. Trinh Cong Son. Compared to the first time he was shy when entering the casting room for the first time, Avin Lu “transformed” into another person. Artist Trinh Vinh Trinh, a close sister of Trinh Cong Son, shed tears when she saw Avin Lu’s performance clip. These tears are more than convincing for the 9X male singer to receive the opportunity to transform into a talented “Trinh”, the youthful soul of the film. Expected movie Trinh and me released to the audience in December 2121.
